Cameroonian writers selection
| Mongo Beti (1932-2001) | ||
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Mongo Beti was born in Cameroun during French protectorate. He has followed studies in Paris and Aix.
He has taught then a long time in Rouen. His engagement for freedom maintained him far from his country where he is finally returned in 1994. He has created there the "Bookshop of the black people" in Yaounde. He has written several novels in the protestor vein where he denounces the evils of colonization and the maffia drifts of the post-colonial system. He is deceased in October 2001. |
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Ferdinand Oyono (1929-) |
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| Ferdinand Oyono is especially known for its novels denouncing colonialism. |
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Francis Bebey (1929-2001) |
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Francis Bebey was born on July 15, 1929. After studies in France where he forms a group with Manu Dibango,
he embarks to the USA. He returns to France like man of radio and works at the current RFI station.
In 1968, he obtains the great literary price of Black Africa for "the son of Agatha Moudio" Journalist, musician and writer. |
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Guillaume Oyono (1939-) |
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| A theatre describing the problems and the conflicts generated by the social transformation. |
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Hervé Yamguen (1971-) |
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| Herve Yamguen was born in 1971 in Douala. Autodidact, he launched himself in painting, sculpture and he discovered a passion for the writing which enables him to wonder about its daily live. He currently works on plays. |
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Patrice Nganang (1970-) |
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Patrice Nganang is a young author who saw and teaches in the United States.
His book "Temps de chien" received two literary prices. |
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